TR Replies

June 29, 2008, Mt. Pilchuck

author=ovrthhills link=topic=10625.msg43169#msg43169 date=1215787982]
Joe,
Sorry I missed out. Glad the chutes still went.

Me too, it would have been nice to have you along.

Me too, it would have been a disappointing walk back had they not.

author=telemack link=topic=10625.msg43183#msg43183 date=1215799407]
Major inaccuracy in Joe's Pulitzer-quality TR: I had vodka a...

7/11/08 12:35pm

Shred

author=Lisa link=topic=10546.msg43053#msg43053 date=1215578351]
I didn't know dogs would not be able to regain control, I guess I am fortunate my dog has not experienced such a tumble; although I did have to short rope her down the Roman Wall on Baker in late September when she was nine months old.

Lisa~
Your statement of short roping your dog, takes me back to the days when I would short rope my son down the...

7/11/08 11:27am

Charlie Hagedorn

July 9, 2008, - Mt. St. Helens Worm Flows

author=DG link=topic=10618.msg43184#msg43184 date=1215802688]
Nice report - surprising how well the snow has stuck around up there! Any sense if it would still be good for a few more days? Also, how was the monitor ridge route looking?

I fully suspect that you'd be able to get 2500+' for a while yet. I'd be cautious about getting stuck in the sheer-walled section of the canyon if things melt back much mo...

7/11/08 9:57am

Sam Avaiusini

July 6, 2008, - Hogsback/Zigzag Glacier, Mt Hood

Nice stuff, Charles! Sounds like ideal snow conditions.

author=skykilo link=topic=10627.msg43199#msg43199 date=1215811790]
Glad you had a good trip. Nice photos.

And WOW the Mowich Face looks really dirty.

Lori (my wife) just sent me a photo of Mowich Face from about 8000 ft as she was on her way back in the chopper from picking up an injured climber off Rainier. It looked REALLY dirty...mostly brown. ...

7/11/08 8:29am

skierguitarist

THANKS! Heading down to the liquior store right NOW!

7/11/08 8:17am

Gary Vogt

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES !!! Thanks again for everything. Trust me, fifty is no big deal. Nice TR & tracks for a 'geezer'. ;D

7/11/08 6:29am

skykilo

Glad you had a good trip. Nice photos.

And WOW the Mowich Face looks really dirty.

7/11/08 5:55am

Jim Oker

Great tour - a mix of ambition and restfullness. The morning with the hummingbirds has me daydreaming a bit, as it sounds very nice.

It's good to see you posting a tour, Charles!

7/11/08 5:54am

md2020

way to take matters into your own hands. I was hoping this would be the weekend for Spray Park. But it looks like there won't be much left up there once the road opens... in August at this rate.

7/11/08 5:41am

ron j

Very nice report, Charles.
Lots of good info passed along. Thanks.
And, to boot, you even followed the site Photos Policies.
We might have to recruit you for a moderator. ;)

7/11/08 5:35am

skierguitarist

July 9, 2008, - Mt. St. Helens Worm Flows

Wow--what a beautiful place!!! Great tr/pics AND TURNS!!!!!!! Got to get up there sometime for that one....

7/11/08 3:58am

Nice report - surprising how well the snow has stuck around up there! Any sense if it would still be good for a few more days? Also, how was the monitor ridge route looking?

7/11/08 3:03am

telemack

Major inaccuracy in Joe's Pulitzer-quality TR: I had vodka and Cheetos. We must be clear about the conditions.

7/11/08 2:34am

alecapone

I'd like to see him try that on 7th heaven ;)

That is some climb though. Especially the last section that hardly gets ridden.

Hot tip for anybody riding the slack country at Steven's... Carry a hot dog in your pocket. I dropped into tye bowl after a patroller and dog, and found a giant sack of cut up hot dogs they had lost. It took me a bit to catch up to them, but when I did, the dog knew I was holdin.

No intentions of being one of the worms coming o...

7/11/08 1:54am

Alan Brunelle

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

author=Jim Oker link=topic=10598.msg43083#msg43083 date=1215636332]
I have one dog who, in her prime (she's now 15 and slowing down a LOT, but in her day was the most athletic dog I've ever known)

Speaking of fit dogs. This year at Steven Pass, we were getting onto the Double Diamond lift and on the chair ahead of us a patroller got on and left his dog to follow up on foot. That dog headed straight up under...

7/11/08 1:29am

daveb

By the way, Dan ended up with around 13,000 feet of vert for the day! Way to get after it. Here are a few photos where I managed to capture the elusive Dan Helmstadter in action.

7/11/08 12:43am

alecapone

author=Snow Bell link=topic=10625.msg43164#msg43164 date=1215755808]
6:3o PM Tuesday July 8.

Neither of us brought a camera but to borrow from Blair the views are “mind melting“.

No need for a camera when you can draw pictures with your pen. Well written TR. I can taste the beer and chips.

7/11/08 12:06am

telemack

Nope. It could have gone but looked sloppy and intermittent.

BTW check out ovrthhills's TR from June 30-July 1, 2007 for photos and more snow.

7/10/08 11:53pm

ovrthhills

Joe,
Sorry I missed out. Glad the chutes still went. That scree bench was there last year when we skied the west chute. Is there still good coverage all the way to the meadow?

7/10/08 3:06pm

skierlyles

Looks like despite the "joy o' meter" numbers being pretty low, you all still managed to make a good day of it. Way to go get it out there in the Olympics! Next year you all are going to have to show me the goods.

Nice Tr Joe.

Chris

7/10/08 2:27pm

Lisa

Very nice, thanks for the TR. Mui Bien!!

7/10/08 1:57pm

Jim Oker

July 8, 2008, Heliotrope Ridge

Have a fun outing, Wiley!

Certainly no can of worms from my perspective, and I probably should have just left it at answering your question.

7/10/08 12:54pm

alecapone

10 July Table Mountain

Thanks for the report.

Heading up tomorrow sometime. Not exactly sure what I am doing. Depeneds on who shows up and how it looks. At the least it will be yo-yo-ing Table to the bagley lakes.

7/10/08 12:43pm

Alan Brunelle

author=telemack link=topic=10610.msg43137#msg43137 date=1215723776]
Good stuff up there beyond all the trail thrashes. Monika's TR may have explained why the snow has been good the past several days.

Yeh, seems like there are pretty good conditions north. Maybe the aspect to the sun also is helping at those locales. Photos from other reports at Rainier and Adams seem to show much deeper sun cups. Maybe the...

7/10/08 12:00pm

MW88888888

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

Dan - I was lost in the dark on the glacier with you - a great scene. Thanks for bringing it alive.

This was my foavrite line, though:

this lack of preparation proved to work to our disadvantage...

7/10/08 10:51am

Wiley

Hi everyone,
Sorry to have opened a can of worms, I was afraid that my mention of bringing my dog could conjure up lots of opinions or assumptions. Sorry if it's done that. Yes, of course I'm planning on blue bagging for him. Also, I'm fully aware of his capabilities in terms of fitness and grip on varied terrain, I've toured with him a lot. My inquiry was simply whether or not that top section below pikers was real steep (I just coudn...

7/10/08 10:27am

hedonaut

right on you guys! chock o'cool trip.

7/10/08 9:46am

ryanl

Nice job remembering the stats Monika.

Here's a shot looking back towards our camp, which is out of sight to the left. On the ascent we dropped into the clouds and climbed back out, but on the descent we stayed high and tried to keep the ridge in sight:

This is Monika descending a ridge separating the Chocolate and Cool Glaciers. We thought we might be able to gain the su...

7/10/08 9:10am

alecapone

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

I wasn't aware you could take poochs up Adams or I would have taken mine. Given the conditions yesterday, it would have been a cake walk for any dog with a little bit of endurance.

And yes, Please!! Anyone taking your dog out. Please be considerate with the pooh.

Let's try this thumb nail thing one more time...

two more times...

three?

7/10/08 9:02am

ryanl

You're a purist in my book Dan. Too bad about Liberty, but glad you didn't end up in any holes.

7/10/08 8:59am

alecapone

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

author=Monika link=topic=10621.msg43129#msg43129 date=1215709781]
Some interesting crossings ;)

Full nude?

Awesome trip! Thanks for the report.

7/10/08 7:11am

powscraper

Yeah I've only been on the Emmons route once but it was pretty disappointing how the glacierhikers managed to plunge step every square meter of the route, especially the wide corridor which otherwise seems like a great place to really open it up on skis. At least that's my excuse for the high speed digger...s I took there. I'm not sure why they are so drawn to unstepped snow instead of using the more direct cowpath, but maybe it is jealous punishment. That's the price paid...

7/10/08 7:04am

wolfs

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

From the armchair, that shot you have of Lib Ridge makes it seem Out for all modes of travel ... plainly that's a lot of nonsnow below the BP where you have to climb up+left, nearly the whole toe below TR is bare, etc. You keep hearing those stories from people that have to buy a new tent (and new underwear) after rocks make entrance and exit portals in their tents at TR, so more rocks up top can't be a good thing. Be interesting to see how many more reports for Lib Ridge are seen on C...

7/10/08 6:36am

skykilo

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

Sorry Liberty wasn't there for you, Dan. I recommend April-ish.

Somebody finally agrees with me that the Emmons sucks! (Ducks, covers, and runs....)

7/10/08 6:25am

telemack

5 and 6 Table Mountain and Helliotrope Ridge

author=ovrthhills link=topic=10585.msg42975#msg42975 date=1215467167]
Nice punishment for missing all those powder days last winter, Mac. But a day in the mountains is always better than a day underwater.

What did I do wrong? ::)

Snowbell and I skied the Elk Mountain chutes yesterday from Deer park---look for his TR. Not much snow left there---more penance for me? ;)

7/10/08 6:02am

telemack

July 8, 2008, Heliotrope Ridge

Good stuff up there beyond all the trail thrashes. Monika's TR may have explained why the snow has been good the past several days.

7/10/08 6:00am

danhelmstadter

7/9/08, Mt. Rainier, Carbon Glacier to 9k + Emmons to 13.5k

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7/10/08 3:49am

buell

July 7-8, 2008, Adams South Side

It was good times up there yesterday. Here is a photo from the drive out and at the top of the chutes.

7/10/08 3:26am

philfort

Cool! Sounds like a fun area to explore - good job you guys.

7/10/08 3:14am

Jason_H.

July 7-8, 2008, Adams South Side

Awesome. I so want to ski that mountain again, especially after looking at it for several days on the ptarmigan traverse. I wish I had more gear and just could've continued going and going. Ha.

Way to get up in there guys. The schwack and rivers sound fun. Such loves this mountains spill on us, eh?

7/10/08 2:58am

alecapone

buell and I got up to the summit yesterday, after a 4 am start, in the best weather you could ask for. Snow from the summit wasn't worth riding. We had to make a short carry to get back to pikers. Stability in the sw chute was bomber, and perfect, corn. It got a little choppy just before the bottom 1/4, but you can still cut over, if you choose( i chose not). Snow just beneath the chutes was smooth as silk. .Best ride of the spring for me., then got dirty, then got sticky. Skied it out to...

7/10/08 2:18am

skykilo

2008.07.06-Mount Maude-North Face

Bravo, ewe two!

7/9/08 9:44pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Lookin' fine!

7/9/08 3:31pm

Alan Brunelle

July 8, 2008, Heliotrope Ridge

author=Scotsman link=topic=10610.msg43080#msg43080 date=1215633496]
Excellent stuff. We need to get together some time and take the boys out together. Skiing with your son or daughter is a very rewarding experience although as they get older and stronger and start beating you up the hill and saying, " come on old man", it takes a while to adjust! ;)

I'm game!

We sort of started the season with a goal to g...

7/9/08 3:15pm

Jim Oker